The three big takeaways from this program were: 1. Importance of having pediatric training to treat infants, toddlers and kids 2. Importance of cranial work in the first 3 years of life, especially the first year!! 3. How to integrate cranial work with regular adjustments.

This year, I had an emergency C-section as my baby passed meconium when I was 6 cm dilated. This program made to confidant enough to adjust him as soon as I was able to get up and better navigate our NICU stay. Professionally I have started implementing cranial techniques on my pediatric patients and have had great feedback.

I performed the C-section technique on my newborn when he was in NICU, and he responded great. His spinal Galant reflex was absent and after performing the C-section technique and doing Logan basic to adjust his sacrum, his reflex arrived. It was quite magical, and the NICU nurses were impressed.

I would absolutely recommend this course, as it will help enhance any pediatric practice.

This was an absolutely amazing course. Though I learn better with hands-on learning, I felt that I still learned a lot via this course. Would love to learn in-person from you in the future.

“My three takeaways from this program:

1. Building the case for kids and chiropractic – especially in the first year of life
2. Powerful exam protocols to gain info to truly see how a child is developing and what techniques to start with
3. Powerful new techniques (tools in the toolbox) to help above and beyond spinal adjustments to be able to help every child with every possible condition.

It has deepened my conviction and confidence around babies being adjusted as early as possible (for ideal cranial and brain development) and not just for their spinal health. I also feel like we are now the pediatric experts in our community (even though we still have years of learning and mastery to go).

We have an infant who wasn’t sleeping more than 2 hours at a time who Dr Mel and I have been using many of these new techniques with and he is not only sleeping through the night but his hematoma is shrinking and his skull is looking more normal.

Thank you both for all your hard work, commitment and passion to get this work into more and more chiropractic practices.”

I want to thank you both for teaching such vital and important information!

A while back I told you both about my son. He struggled with chronic ear infections, constant sinus blockages, mouth breathing, sleep apnea, and snoring. About a year ago (before I started working on him) I took him to the dentist, and he said that he would need a palate expander to correct his high arched palate as well as his cross bite. I told him that I was just starting your pediatric certificate course and that I planned to work on his palate. As excited and encouraging as he was to hear that, he also cautioned me and told me he has never seen a crossbite resolve without using a palate expander. He told me he was excited to help me track my son’s progress with my treatments and in a year we would re-assess and see if he needed the palate expander.

Today we re-assessed his palate. Before examining my son he asked me how he had been doing. I told him that his chronic ear infections had stopped, his sinus blockages were less, his mouth breathing only occurs when he has a cold, and his sleep apnea and snoring were gone. Although I admitted that his palate was still very high and his teeth still seemed pretty crowded.

The dentist then examined him, and I wish I could have caught his facial reaction on video. He told me that in all his years in dentistry he had never seen a cross bite resolve without an expander, until today. He told me that if this was his child he would not put in a palate expander and he would continue to do whatever I was doing.

I just want to thank you both from the bottom of my heart. We have gone through so many challenges with my son and I am beyond thrilled to have made this progress with him. Because of what you both taught me, we have canceled his tonsil and adenoid surgery, avoided many antibiotics for bilateral ear infections, saved me many sleepless nights making sure he is breathing, and making his twin sister so happy that he no longer snores so she can get a restful night sleep.

I look forward to taking more courses with you in the near future!

“I took this program because I was seeing many cranial issues in practice and most importantly with my niece. I wanted to have a better understanding of the cranium function and its impact on the rest of the body.

I know have a detailed/structured exam to exhibit confidence in my expertise to parents. I can better communicate with parents about the source of the issue. (I still need more practice on this) and I have a much better ‘feel’ and understanding of cranial bone movement and mechanics. (This program is just the beginning; this will be a lifetime of learning)

I have more confidence and guidance on where to begin. I feel I have many tools in the tool box.

I am seeing a huge improvement with nursing/latching, balancing vagal tone (gag reflex) and sympathetic driven kids.

This course will give you all the information you need. Can be overwhelming, but rewarding when things begin to ‘click’.

I did not have any type of direction when treating children prior to this course. This course is INTENSE, but if you feel like you are missing something and want to improve patient outcomes I highly recommend this course. Within a few months I was seeing a HUGE improvement in patient outcomes.

I was overwhelmed in the middle of the program (life in the way) and when I took a step back and spent a week picking out my favorite techniques for specific conditions and positive findings, it allowed me to regain focus and better understand.”

“I wanted to take this course to up level my ability to help the many pediatric (and also adult) members of my practice. I’ve taken a couple of your other courses and have really enjoyed implementing the things I learned to help some of my toughest cases begin to change in meaningful ways.

If you’re struggling with your spinal or upper cervical adjustments holding, cranial work can be the key to creating lasting change. Understanding how the cranium impacts nursing, development, stress etc. and how to gently correct imbalances is game changing for your effectiveness in pediatric practice. I learned so much here that isn’t available at school, and it has greatly improved my patient care.

I’m becoming known locally as the Dr who can help with things beyond back pain. Testimonials have become much more life changing and honestly performing the cranial work has allowed me to become more connected with my practice members.

I’ve been working with an entire family and two of their children have cranial distortions that have affected growth and development. Using the techniques learned in this class, we’ve been able to avoid a helmet for their youngest and their oldest is speaking more clearly and regulating much better than before.

SOT and cranial work in general often felt overwhelming to me because it was so different from diversified (the only technique taught at my school), but this course has broken it down into manageable and meaningful parts to be able to confidently use what you learn each and every week.

Thank you both for sharing your wisdom, I appreciate you and so do my practice members!”